Joining us: Postdocs and Visitors

Postdoctoral positions with SHEP

We generally have two or more postdoctoral positions available each year, funded by STFC (the UK Particle Physics and Astronomy Council). Most applications are made to us in the last quarter of a calendar year, and we make our decisions early in the New Year. If you are interested in applying for one of these positions, please contact Professor Chris Sachrajda, head of the Southampton High Energy Physics (SHEP) group, or any other staff member. Send us a CV and statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to us.

There are also schemes, like those listed below, which would allow you to join us by specifying Southampton as your host institution. If you are interested in any of these, please contact Professor Sachrajda or the staff member whose research interests are closest to yours. Also recall that you may be able to obtain financial support to come to the UK by applying to research funding agencies of your own country, which may have suitable Fellowship/Grant programmes, or suitable Foundations/Academies (click here for a country list).

More junior researchers, positions from one to three years

1. STFC Post-Doctoral Fellowships (all nationalities).
2. EPSRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (EU nationals).
3. Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (all nationalities with UK-based research experience).
4. Newton International Fellowship (all nationalities, including long term funding package), administered by the Royal Society.
5. UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Research Fellowships (for Indian based post-doctoral scientists, up to 12 months).
6. Royal Society Asia Fellowships (nationals of China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).
7. Royal Society North America Fellowships (nationals of Canada and USA).
8. Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIFs) (non-EU nationalities).
9. Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (EIFs) for Career Development (EU nationals).
10. Marie Curie European Reintegration Grants (ERGs) (EU nationals who have been Marie Curie Fellows) and International Reintegration Grants (IRGs) (EU nationals who have been outside the EU for 3+ years).
11. Marshall Sherfield postdoctoral fellowships (nationals of USA).
12. Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 postdoctoral fellowships, including those from the Lloyd's Tercentenary Foundation (nationals of British Commonwealth countries, Republic of Ireland and Pakistan).
13. Leverhulme Early Career fellowships (UK-based researchers).
14. For Swedish and Italian nationals, there are post-doctoral grants available from the Foundation Blanceflor Boncompagni-Ludovisi.

More senior researchers, positions from four to ten years

1. STFC Advanced Fellowship (all nationalities).
2. EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship (all nationalities).
3. Royal Society University Fellowship (EU nationals with UK-based research experience).
4. Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Awards (leading to or enhancing a permament UK position).
5. Starting Independent Researcher Grant (StG) and Advanced Investigator Grant (AdG) from the European Research Council (ERC) (all nationalities, to start or enlarge a research team, includes personal Fellowship).
6. European Young Investigator awards (EURYI): (all nationalities, to start a research team, includes personal Fellowship)
7. Following Sir Gareth Roberts' review, see also here, the new Academic Fellowships scheme commenced in October 2004.

Visitors

We encourage established researchers to join us for visits or longer-term stays. Here are some funding opportunities:

Shorter term visits/exchanges

1. STFC Visiting Researchers (all nationalities).
2. EPSRC Visiting Fellowship (all nationalities).
3. Royal Society Short Visits to the UK (all nationalities).
4. NATO Expert Visits (from Partner or Mediterranean Dialogue Countries only).
5. British Council International Networking for Young Scientists (all nationalities, aimed at young researchers).
6. Leverhulme International Networks (all nationalities).
7. Royal Society International Joint Projects (from Americas, Asia and Europe).
8. Royal Society Science Networks: China-UK, South Korea-UK, India-UK, South Africa-UK (one-to-one meetings and small seminars/workshops).
9. For Indian physicists only: also consider the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).
10. Commonwealth Academic Fellowships (up to six months) and Commonwealth Professional Fellowships (average of three months) for academics of the British Commonwealth: see the Commonwealth Scholarship & Fellowship Plan (CSFP) website.
11. The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation offers grants to cover travel bursaries, conferences and symposia, individual academic research and educational exchanges (for Japanese academics).
12. The Researcher Exchange Programme from the British Council offers grants to (mostly) junior researchers from anywhere in the world for visits to the UK up to three months in duration.
13. Nationals of Austria, Canada, Cuba, France, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Turkey may consider consulting also the Partnership Programmes.
14. Nationals of Vietnam, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan, Nigeria and Ghana could consider the Research Co-operation awards in the context of PMI2 Connect.
15. Exchange visits at postgraduate and staff level can be funded through the 18 institution strong Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) or arranged through special calls using the WUN Development Fund and the Internationalisation Fund.

Longer term

1. EPSRC Leadership Fellowships (for UK-based scientists with permanent posts).
2. Royal Society Research Professorships (all nationalities).
3. Marie Curie Awards (all nationalities, provided one has been supported by a Marie Curie action for 1+ years).
4. Advanced Investigator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) (all nationalities, to encourage and support excellent, innovative and research projects which are initiated and led by established top research leaders). There should be an FP7 call in late 2007.
5. Royal Society/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships (mid career breaks for UK-based scientists with permanent posts).
6. Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship (for UK retired academics).
7. Leverhulme Visiting Professorship (for overseas scientists).
8. Royal Society Canada-UK Exchange Lectureships (to promote women in SET - open to both sexes).

Part-time, career-break, etc. positions

1. Daphne Jackson Research Fellowship (for women, after a career break).
2. Royal Society UK Relocation Fellowship (following a career break or a relocation).